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summer ; hence our number of plants in flower exceeded that of 

 the previous year, altliongh the Soiree fell nearly a week later. 

 The collection of fungi froin the neighbourhood of Croydon 

 contained 33 kinds, against 28 in 1893 and 38 in 1892. There 

 was a fair array of microscopes brouglit by members of the 

 Royal, Qnekett, South London, and Holmesdale Societies and 

 other friends, as well as by our own members. Among the 

 more novel microscopic objects exhibited may be mentioned : — 

 Bacilli of bubonic plague (from Hong Kong), and of vaccine 

 lymph, by Dr. Monckton Copeman ; Conochilus volvox fan in- 

 fusorium living in colonies, like a number of Vorticellae with 

 their stalks tied together instead of being attached to a fixed 

 object), by E. C. Crossland ; Plumatella and Eudendrnm, by Dr. 

 Bossy; Litcernarui auricula (a hydroznon in the medusa stage), 

 and Cape diamonds and garnets, by G. Berry ; platino- cyanide 

 of yttrium (with polarised light), by H. G. Coomb. The 

 favourite exhibits of the circulation in a frog's foot and of the 

 face of a watch multiplipd by the facets of a beetle's eye (the 

 latter shown by Mr. .J. Epps, jun.), did not fail to attract the 

 usual amount of interest. 



The work of the Photographic Section was displayed in the 

 corridor and on screens, as well as by exhibitions of lantern- 

 slides, during the course of the evening. 



The Club were indebted as usual to Mr. Berney, Mr. Crowley, 

 and Mr. Sturge for their valuable help in making the necessary 

 arrangements. 



The conversational meetings, which should be held on the last 

 Wednesday in each month during the session under the auspices 

 of the several Sub-Committees alternately, have rather flagged 

 during the year ; few have been held, and those few have been 

 ill-attended. The Friday evening meetings of the Photographic 

 Section have, however, been kept up. 



Concerning the sectional work of the Club only the Meteoro- 

 logical and Pliotographic Sections have sent me reports. From 

 the Meteorological Section I receive the following statement of 

 their work in 1894 : — 



The Meteorological Sub -Committee has continued its work under 

 the supervision of its Honorary Secretary. The daily rainfall of 66 

 stations in the Club District has been tabulated every month, examined 

 and corrected, and the results printed and issued to the observers, and 

 all members of the Club interested in the question, either before or within 

 a few days after the end of the month succeeding that to which the 

 statistics refer. Short particulars of the weather have also been 

 inserted in each monthly sheet. Three gentlemen interested in the 

 work of the Section contributed a sum of il5 towards the expenses. — 

 F. Campbell Bayakd, Hon. Sec. 



